Sunday, April 10, 2011

Sunday Snapshot--"Look what you've DONE! I'm melting! Melting!"

Jude and Tess were having a tussle about a toy. It happens a lot.
It eventually escalated to Tess chasing Jude only to catch him, put both her hands straight out and push him down to the floor. I guess she was trying to teach him who's boss.

Although he wasn't really hurt, his pride had taken a hit, and the tears came.

I scooped him up. Hugged him and held him till he decided to let go first.

I set them down next to each other.

Mama: Tess, you need to say your sorry to Jude for pushing him.
Tess: I'm sorry, Jude.
Jude: It's ok, Tessy.
Tess: I love you, Jude.
Jude: You're my best friend, Tessy.
She leans in for a kiss.
He kisses her back.
Then they both go off to the Lego's to play.

I melt to the floor from the sweetness of it all.
It was the way they used one another's names.
The way Jude didn't hold a grudge.
The way my girl of so few words is learning to participate a conversation.
The way it was so unprompted.
The reciprocation.
The way they are both learning about feelings and friendship.
It all just melted my heart right then and there.

Land's SAKE did God know what He was doing by placing these two sweeties together as brother and sister!

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4 yrs - the average time a child spends in American foster care before being adopted

1.5 million children live in public care in Central and Eastern Europe

12.4 million orphans live in Latin America and the Carribean

43.4 million orphans live in sub-Saharan Africa

87.6 million orphans live in Asia

16 million children were orphaned in 2003

Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned as a result of AIDS

400,000+ children in the American Foster Care in 2011

20,000+ young people "age out" of the U.S. foster care system each year. Of these only a little over half will earn a high school diploma.

147 million orphans in the world

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT...

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness. Kindness in your face. Kindness in your eyes. Kindness in your smile." ~Mother Teresa

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